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Deans' stroke musings

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain!Just think of all thetrillions and trillions of neuronsthatDIEeach daybecause there areNOeffective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 493 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.My back ground story is here:http://oc1dean.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-background-story_8.html

Abstract

Background.
Poststroke impairments of the ipsilesional arm are often discussed, but
rarely receive focused rehabilitation. Ipsilesional deficits may affect
daily function and although many studies have investigated them in
chronic stroke, few characterizations have been made in the subacute
phase. Furthermore, most studies have quantified ipsilesional deficits
using clinical measures that can fail to detect subtle, but important
deficits in motor function. Objective. We aimed to quantify reaching deficits of the contra- and ipsilesional limbs in the subacute phase poststroke. Methods.
A total of 227 subjects with first-time, unilateral stroke completed a
unilateral assessment of motor function (visually guided reaching) using
a KINARM robot. Subjects completed the task with both the ipsi- and
contralesional arms. Subjects were assessed on a variety of traditional
clinical measures (Functional Independence Measure, Chedoke-McMaster
Stroke Assessment, Purdue Pegboard, Behavioral Inattention Test) to
compare with robotic measures of motor function. Results.
Ipsilesional deficits were common and occurred in 37% (n = 84) of
subjects. Impairments of the ipsilesional and contralesional arm were
weakly to moderately correlated on robotic measures. Magnitude of
impairment of the contralesional arm was similar for subjects with and
without ipsilesional deficits. Furthermore, we found that a higher
percentage of subjects with right-hemisphere stroke had ipsilesional
deficits and more subjects with left-hemisphere subcortical strokes did
not have ipsilesional deficits. Conclusions. Magnitude of
contralesional impairment and lesion location may be poor predictors of
individuals with ipsilesional impairments after stroke. Careful
characterization of ipsilesional deficits could identify individuals who
may benefit from rehabilitation of the less affected arm.

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